Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War : Forgotten Colonial Crisis / by Edmund James Yorke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yorke, Edmund James., Author.

Series:

Studies in Military and Strategic History, 2947-2431

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Africa--History.

Africa.

Military history.

History, Modern.

Politics and war.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

African History.

Military History.

Modern History.

Military and Defence Studies.

Local Subjects:

Imperialism and Colonialism.

African History.

Military History.

Modern History.

Military and Defence Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXI, 337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time.

Contents:

Pre-war Northern Rhodesia: the structural weaknesses of colonial control

Labour recruitment and mobilisation: the roots of crisis

Advent of a "white man's war": early implications for the survival of white supremacy

Colonial dependence and African opportunity: the indigenous response to war exigencies

Crumbling colonial foundations: chiefs and headmen at war

The strain of total war: a colonial state in retreat

The nadir of colonial power in Northern Rhodesia

Re-conquest and reconstruction.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137435798

1137435798